Last night I had the great opportunity to pray and visit with the junior and senior high students of our Cheyenne parishes. I was very mindful of a comment made this week by one of the Synod Fathers gathered in Rome this month for the Synod on the New Evangelization. Read more
Our Year of Faith is off to a good start. Around 400 people, including 80 – 100 youth celebrated well in Lander last Saturday. Yesterday an estimated 700 people including 120 youth continued the celebration at St. Patrick in Casper. Both events enjoyed the blessing of weather which allowed for Read more
The Church of Cheyenne gathered again today in Casper for the second Mass to begin our Year of Faith. Below is today’s homily. Pictures and story will follow. As we gather today, we celebrate the beginning of the Year of Faith, which our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated on Read more
Last night, a group of thirty or so young adults came to the Bishop’s residence for Adoration and fraternity. For nearly a year now, we have gathered one Thursday evening a month to spend time in prayer and simply enjoying each other’s company. I want so much for our young Read more
In this month of October dedicated to respect for human life: From the Document The Church in the Modern World: Today there is an inescapable duty to make ourselves the neighbor of every man, no matter who he is, and if we meet him, to come to his aid in Read more
I just learned today of the death of my first pastor as a newly ordained priest. Fr. Joe “Mac” McNally. As any priest will quickly tell you, the ‘first pastor’ leaves a lasting impression; some good, and some not! I was blessed mine was all good! Mac was the second Read more
In this month of October, the Church renews its defense of life, the human person, and its challenge to any efforts that would diminish the basic dignity and inherent sanctity of human life. As I write this entry, I am mindful of the many voices I hear from concerned Catholics, Read more
We are all familiar with today’s Gospel account of Jesus’ answer to the question from a ‘scholar of the law’: “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) As always, even, and maybe particularly with passages that are so familiar to us, it is good to sit silently with the passage in Read more
Here are some pictures from yesterday’s celebration in Lander. Photos courtesy of Matt Potter.
An overflow crowd filled the Holy Rosary Church in Lander as the western half of the Diocese of Cheyenne gathered to anticipate the opening of the Year of Faith. I must admit, it felt a bit strange celebrating this Mass today prior to our Holy Father formally inaugurating this Year Read more